News & Politics

Bill O’Reilly dishes to Geraldo Rivera on President Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, the minimum wage, his colleagues at FOX, Vladimir Putin, Stop and Frisk, potential Presidential candidates in 2016, and lots more. More

As part of our partnership with Newsweek magazine, 92Y American Conversation brings you interviews with the reporters behind Newsweek’s top stories. Anna Bernasek writes Newsweek’s Two Numbers column, a look at two figures and the stories they tell us about the American economy. This week, 925 million versus 4 billion. As President Obama attempts to... More

Learn from Elie Wiesel, founder of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and Nobel laureate, as he speaks with Marvin Kalb, Senior Advisor to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Senior Fellow at Brookings and Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard. More

As the Federal Communications Commission debates new rules on “net neutrality,” 92Y American Conversation spoke with Timothy Karr of the national advocacy group, Free Press, about the concept of “net neutrality” and what he thinks are the most important reasons to safeguard an open network. For another perspective, check out this Forbes column by entrepreneur... More

Dan Raviv of CBS News and Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, two leading experts on Israeli covert intelligence, present an inside look at how Israel defends itself against a wide array of dangers and challenges. Can Israeli spies keep sabotaging Iran’s nuclear aspirations? Do the Israelis know what they want in Egypt and Syria? What can... More

As part of our ongoing partnership with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, we spoke with Victor Davis Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson senior fellow and chair of the Military History Working Group at the Hoover Institution. Hanson, an expert in the classics and military history, explains what today’s leaders can learn from the... More

This time of year high school seniors around the country are making decisions about their futures and for many it’s a question of where to attend college and often, how to pay for it. But, is college the right choice for everyone? 92Y American Conversation asked two education experts whether everyone should go to college.... More

Part of our American Conversation series, Kenneth Pollack discusses his new book Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy, in which he explores America’s intractable problem with Iran, Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability and the prolonged clash that led us to this point. With the authority of his years as a CIA analyst... More

Heard of Bitcoin but not exactly sure what it is? TechCrunch‘s east coast editor John Biggs explains the digital currency and its potentially mainstream future as a way to easily transfer money. Although Bitcoin excels at anonymous transactions, Biggs says it is more than just a way to “buy a lot of pot.” Find out how... More

Robin Roberts has been called one of the most trusted women on television. Co-anchor of ABC’s #1 rated morning show Good Morning America, she has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program. Her co-anchor, George Stephanopoulos, also anchors the top rated Sunday morning news show This Week with George Stephanopoulos as well as... More

“…young women growing up today are getting this sort of, wonderfully confounding set of messages: ‘you can be a neuroscientist, be good at STEM, play with trains like your brother, play with blocks, learn math, wear a tutu, and save the world before you’re seventeen.’ “ “You know that girl who ‘has it all’—perfect job,... More

“You know that girl who ‘has it all’—perfect job, relationship, body? No, you don’t, because she doesn’t exist, argues Barnard College president Debora Spar in her explosive new book Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection. Her radical message to you: “Stop trying to be so good at everything.” Spar is joined by... More